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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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